Of my colleagues mentioned the 015 gao studyhat found e navy was only able to meet4 f requests to meet Operational Requirements. At the time the equirements. At the time the na indicated that it wou iar over 150 more ships to lly me all coco demands. My question is that has that umber changed . If so, what is the number now . And what fleetize would that correspond to . Correspond to . Sir, i do not know whether the number has changed. Its probably gone up, not down. So i will do some research and get back to you if thats okay. Sure. Yeah, i just think obviously the reviews are underway and wreally appreciate your commitment to getting a thor review of whats happening. We placed an enormous amount of stress on the fleet. So i think the question wneed answered is wh is the right number of ships you need in order to avoid placing that stress on the force and avoid tragic accidents ke that . ¿ thankou. I have one, quick, final question for any one of you who want to answer, would you sa
Admir admiral, Combatant Commander as well, sir. Thank you very much, congressman. We proceed to Congress James langevin of rhode island. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for your testimony today. The incident involving the uss fitzgerald and the mccain were tragic events. And i wish we had never gotten to this point. And my thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who are lost and those who are injured. And were all anxious to get to the bottom of what happened. But this appears to be a symptom of a larger problem. I know we touched this in many different capacities here today, but the u. S. Navy has, my understanding of all this, has moved training out of the schoolhouses and instead embraced an onthejob training model, which is what sailors do, operate with little sleep and without a singular focus on learning. So in an attempt to meet the high up tempo demanded by the navy which only increases, we have left structural choices that have left us with short side
Filed with senator gillibrand about three years ago. This just simply provides more flexibility for our military families. The strength of the military is in the military family structure, and what this does is allow the family to either move early or stay longer at these assignments. Normally they are two to threeyear assignments. Lots can happen in two or three years, but not Everything Else just perfectly works out in two or three years. So for employment reasons or for education reasons, if a family decides it is to their advantage to use the Family Support that the military provides, housing and other, and let the families stay another two months to finish school for a teaching contract to end or some other spouse activity to come to a reasonable conclusion or frankly to do just the opposite, to go to the new assignment that you know you already have, but to do that just a little bit earlier so that it works better for the family, to start school on time, to start a job on time th
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, from whom comes all holy desires, we thank you for all those who give their lives to serve you and country. May they realize that they are doing your work on earth when they strive faithfully to follow your precepts. Use our lawmakers to bring comfort, renewal, and empowerment to our nation and world. Take them along yet untrodden paths, through perils unknown, to your desired destination. May they live in peace and contentment, resting in the knowledge that you are directing their steps. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the sena
Im rosemary connors, 5 00 on this saturday. Thanks for being with us. Lets start with weekend weather. Meteorologist krystal klei is tracking our day ahead. You can see the picture over our area. A nice picture to start out with. We have maybe a few high clouds out there this morning, but otherwise its going to be one of those days where this is a pretty good end to the last weekend of summer. And what were looking as we go a little wider view here is theres not a lot tracking our way either. Its a pretty clear picture across the entire board. Now, as we get into the afternoon we could see some of what we have been seeing the last couple days, something called instability showers or a little heating, fires a spot shower here or there, but not any kind of washout forecast moving forward. If you have outdoor plans, you should certainly keep them for your saturday. Here are current temperatures, 62 mt. Holly and 69 in philadelphia. Were e wilmington 64 and Atlantic City at 68. These 60s w